If anyone wants me, I'll be fitting gears to the Kite... Barrington. Fitting gears. S**T the bed. the route must be a beast :shock: Ha, well, if you think you can pedal 36:18 around Mid-Wales' finest gravel tracks, be my guest. I've tried. It's hard ;) By gears, I am limiting myself to only 8 thoug...

Ian wrote:

If anyone wants me, I'll be fitting gears to the Kite...

Barrington. Fitting gears. S**T the bed. the route must be a beast

I got a very lovely handcrafted tiny stove. Thanks Stu!

Need some meths now...

Ive run in to the fisherfield bothy before. From memory the new route is considerably more rideable than the original.

I'm going to see how I feel over the next few days but would love to do the HT550. Just need to think about whether six months time is too soon...

I notice the GPX file is named 560... Despite the pain and suffering of earlier this year, this might be a challenge too big to resist! And when I imported it into menorymap it says 915km which is 567 miles anyway. I think we all know to take any quoted distance with a pinch of salt :) and in any c...

I just happened to notice earlier that the new extended route is now online on the HT site. The Northern extension looks good. Plus it now goes through lochinver home of a genuinely world class pie shop. Contenders will need to time their arrival for when the shop is open. It could be a devastating ...

That's bad news. Some cash sent along with good wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

Around one of the reservoirs I thought I ought to stop and eat something. I rode towards a large rock to sit on. On closer inspection the "rock" had horns & mooed. :roll: Cheers for the pic :D Are we having fun yet? Haha I think we saw that "rock" too - a white one? did caus...

I'm at http://share.findmespot.com/shared/face ... ElUe6S8CIp

Have just unpacked my bike and laid everything out on the floor. Been really brutal, plus calculated calories I was carrying. 1.2 kg lighter now... If you get hungry, don't look at me ;) I'm fairly sure that by the time I get hungry you'll be long finished anyway! Maybe you could ride back down the...

FLV wrote:Woke up this morning with a stinking cold.
And, my clutch decided it's not going to play nice on the way to work!

We are heading over from Sheffield leaving at 4pm Friday. Have space for person and bike if needed.

Have just unpacked my bike and laid everything out on the floor. Been really brutal, plus calculated calories I was carrying. 1.2 kg lighter now...

gulp...

i've never won a trophy before. Not sure I want to start this weekend!

I've just received something similar: http://www.xcracer.com/content/products/thumb_1375805540.jpg A bit anxious about the 2 n/m limit on the fasteners and their ability to hold onto my Six-Pack when bouncing done a rocky descent! Other than that I like "tank turret" look and it clears th...

Pete has carbon frame fork and rims from flyxii.com they look good to me and their prices are keen to say the least. He'll be at the bb with it and I'm sure would be happy to talk about it.

Oh, and Id like a dynamo hub and front light. No batteries and charge your GPS as you ride.

Agree about shimano brakes. I was a total hope fanboy until the latest shimano brakes. They are stunningly powerful. Genuinely 1 finger levers.

Postie has been busy lately but today he brought some revelate goodies. A feedbag and gas tank they will both be well used this coming weekend!

three of team sheffield arriving at 8pm (ish) in a silver 307 estate. hopefully eating on the way

If I was looking to get a steel frame then I'd talk to Matt Bowns at 18 bikes. His work is fantastic.

The one two miles away is http://dolgadfanfarmcampsite.co.uk/

Must apologise for being super keen and then not actually making it out to join you.

having a steady week this week before the bb200. *may*be a bit tired next monday too. Aiming for the week after! :D

s8tannorm wrote:
Stole it from a gynecologist

Oops. I've got a spare V bright magicshine you can borrow. But my experience of getting stuff from Germany in the post is that it often arrives quicker than a uk based supplier.

Fingers crossed

And if you are planning to do this in one hit you're carrying too much! Of course if you're stopping then don't listen to me. Looks like I will have around this much on the bike and I'm hoping not to stop. Not sure what I can leave behind, quite a lot of what I'm carrying is food though. I'm a bit ...

For those who wish to see them I just spotted that someone has posted some pictures of a trip today from Rhayader. May be useful for a conditions check (or fuelling further panic - it looks a bit damp)

;-)

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic ... a-few-pics